Of the process consists in that pruning is carried out in cycles of five years each. In the first year of the cycle it is carried out limitation of the tree height, in the second year it is limited the tree width on one side of the crown along the inter-row by pruning the branches placed in the cutting plane at an angle of 18...20° with the vertical, in the third year it is limited the trees width on the opposite side of the crown, in the fourth year pruning and shortening of branches is carried out inside the crown, in its upper part, and in the fifth year - inside the crown, in the lower part thereof. Pruning for external branching is carried out alternating by cycles the shortening of primary and secondary scaffold branches. The process for pruning the fruit-bearing apricot includes pruning for fruit by shortening the annual twigs grown on the replacement spur formed the previous year. Beginning with the fifth year after planting it is carried out the pruning of one annual twig on a new replacement spur with a length of 5...15 cm, the rest 2...3 twigs remaining intact.